528 – Slow Xmas 5, Chainsaw Man: The Movie: Reze Arc, Hamnet (w/ Ben Hosley!)
Fighting In The War Room: A Movies And Pop Culture Podcast
Katey, Matt, Da7e and David
4.6 • 992 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
This week, we have replaced a still-absent David with Ben Hosley from the Blank Check podcast and producer/creator of the Slow Xmas music project or “bit” that we also discuss on this episode.
If you want to buy a vinyl copy of SLOW XMAS 5 head to madebymutant.com
You can also buy it digitally at outlets like Bandcamp!
Ben also saw (pun not intended) the Chainsaw Man movie and informs Katey, Da7e, and Patches about this anime hit that beat out Bugonia at the box office when it was released. Then, your three regular co-hosts talk about Hamnet and if their hearts were ripped out of their bodies by pure emotion or not. We talk about the end, I guess, but even the director Chloe Zhao says this movie can’t be spoiled.
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Best Deployed Christmas Song
02:41- Intro – Welcome to Episode 528 of one of the best podcasts of all time!! Review! E-mail!
15:30 – Tidbit –Slow Xmas 5
32:11 – Mini-segment – Ben saw Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
42:28 – Segment 3 – Hamnet
1:10:49 – Unboxing and Outro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Dave. I know we don't do ads, but we do have friends, and we do plug our own stuff. |
| 0:04.2 | So if you like the Slow X-MIS project you're about to hear about and have a record player, get the Slow X-Mexmus five vinyl at www.madebymutant.com. That's M-A-D-E-B-Y-M-U-T-A-N-T-T.com, where you could search for slow Xmas 5. |
| 0:23.7 | Also, I put the wrong number in the note B-Y-M-U-T-A-N-T dot com, where you could search for slow X-M-M-S-5. |
| 0:23.7 | Also, I put the wrong number in the notes, doc for this episode, and Katie Notices, so I swear this is |
| 0:27.7 | episode 528. |
| 0:29.4 | Okay. |
| 0:32.2 | You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. |
| 0:37.3 | Comet and Cupid and Tonner and Blitson, but do you recall |
| 0:41.1 | one of Time magazine's top 100 podcasts of all time in honor of slow Christmas in theaters? |
| 0:47.8 | In theaters? |
| 0:48.8 | Currently streaming. |
| 0:49.8 | I mean, I would love for it to be in theaters. |
| 0:52.1 | Currently streaming now, what's the best use of a Christmas song in a movie? |
| 0:57.8 | I am Katie Rich, |
| 0:59.1 | and I am thinking of a hard candy Christmas |
| 1:01.7 | as performed by Dolly Parton |
| 1:03.4 | in the underrated musical |
| 1:04.8 | of The Best Little Horror House in Texas. |
| 1:07.4 | I am Matt Patches. |
| 1:09.6 | I love Christmas cars so much. |
| 1:12.1 | I'm still waiting for the like Sufion Stevens Christmas jukebox musical. |
| 1:17.3 | That will be my answer one day when my dreams come true. |
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